The ODMAP team continues to evaluate and analyze overdose data to better understand patterns and alert public health and safety partners of drug overdose trends. This study is an attempt to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on overdoses, and spe…

The International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundation (IAFCF) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 Fire Explorer Scholarship awards:
Braden Berridge, Explorer Post 989 (MI)Drew Weaver, Explorer Post 343 (MA)Denver Gould, Explorer Post 242 …

On 18 February 2018, members of the Northeast Region Unmanned Aircraft Systems Unit (NERUASU) responded to a petroleum storage tank fire at a Magellan Oil Storage Facility located in West Fargo, North Dakota. The 1,980,000-gallon capacity tank was fill…

Chantilly, VA – The International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundation (IAFCF), committed to strengthening future leaders through higher education, announces its 2020 Scholarship award recipients. The Foundation is pleased to award forty-two (42) scho…

In today’s complicated world, that surrounds COVID-19 isolation requirements, the fire service in this country has a great, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reach out and educate our citizens, especially school-age children, on risk reduction measures…

Innovation, change agents, modernization, relevancy—all words that can often bring weariness to the listener. These words become almost clichés and lose their value and importance. However, now is not the time to give up on these concepts. Many things …

Model code NFPA 72 requires newly constructed homes to have hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms on each floor, in hallways and inside of all sleeping areas. However, more than 84 million homes – most built prior to 1993 – only have isolated battery-…

The Situation (Industry Issues):
The number of fire-related deaths in U.S. homes has plateaued over the last decade. During this period, there has been no significant change to smoke alarm code or technology.
According to the National Fire Protection A…

IAFC’s Career Center is the #1 job site for fire service leaders and the best way to reach qualified candidates. This recently updated platform provides a modernized and user friendly job search experience which includes results and selected returns …

Healthcare innovation is happening at a pace never before seen; technologies that were once science fiction are now a reality. A Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate video series produced in 2016 included a 15-years in the…